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Some lofty sentiment, some stirring incident, some patriotic emotion, some play of fancy or wit comes from the brain or heart of the speaker.
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Hoar emphasizes the emotional and imaginative elements that can emerge in a speaker's delivery.
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But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
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